# Timestamp timezon date/time issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-timezon-date-time-issue/111449 "2017-12-12T21:47:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcguacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mcguacon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcguacon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-timezon-date-time-issue/111449/1 "2017-12-12T21:47:03Z")
I am having an issue of date/times being skewed by 6 hours. Within my config file I have had it set to "UTC", "US/Central", and left it off completely to try and remedy my problem. My logstash input is a json file, where I am setting my field of "date\_reported" to be the @timestamp. Within my json file, the time is correct, but when viewing from kibana, both the "date\_reported" field and thus the timestamp are behind by 6 hours. Any suggestions, changes, or questions are welcome. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Kurt\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kurt_s/32/17755_2.png) [@Kurt\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kurt_S)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-timezon-date-time-issue/111449/2 "2017-12-12T23:43:10Z")
Or the timestamp is interpreted as UTC, or as US/Central, but it can't be both. UTC is the [universal time](http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/timezones.html); and my guess is you need to remove that from your config. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-timezon-date-time-issue/111449/3 "2018-01-09T23:43:35Z")
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